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The Man Who Couldnt Make Up His Mind As the saying goes revenge is sweet but is it really sweet is it as easy as one two three or are there consequences and problems that come with it How do we know when to take revenge against somebody and when is it justified not only to others but also to ourselves The play Hamlet written by Williams Shakespeare deals with the difficulties and burdens that revenge carries Hamlet the character is confronted with a situation in which he must take revenge against his fathers murderer Hamlet procrastinates the actual act of revenge thats where the mystery of the play stems up There are endless explanations as to why he waits so long to take revenge against his fathers murderer At the beginning of the play Hamlet is haunted by his fathers ghost who tells him what had happened and how he had died The ghost tells Hamlet The serpent that did sting thy fathers life Now wears his crown act I sec5 But it just happens to be that the serpent that the ghost is talking about is the brother of Hamlets father From that moment Hamlet realizes that the person that killed his father is his uncle who is now married to his mother and is the new King of Denmark The ghost gives Hamlet some specific instructions as to what he should do about the news that he had received from him Revenge my foul and most unnatural murder act I sec5 The ghost basically instructs Hamlet to get revenge against his uncle for what he had done to his father This is where the mystery of the play stems up because throughout the course of the play Hamlet has many opportunities to take revenge against his uncle and yet he sort of passes them by until the very end Hamlet sets up a play about a

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